This unit is designed to provide students with an overview of the key legislative frameworks—planning law, land law and administrative law—that guide the WA planning system. More specifically, the unit examines a range of issues including (1) the West Australian Planning and Development Act 2005; (2) Torrens land system; (3) land subdivision; (4) planning schemes; (5) the development approval process; (6) planning enforcement and approvals; and (7) administrative law as it relates to contracts, torts and insurance. These various legal contexts provide the foundations of professional planning practice. -- Course Website
Instructor: Adjunct Professor Denis Mcleod
